Combined shade and curtain hanger.



J. FERKO. COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. I918.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN HAN G-ECR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed February 4,1918. Serial No. 215,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F ERKO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade and Curtain Hangers, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to combined curtain and shade brackets for hangers.

It is the object of the invention to provide an improved form of combined shade and curtain hangers, one of Whose principal features is constitutedby the fact that it may be inserted into a window casing as a permanent fixture while the curtain-pole and shade supports or bracket elements are adjustable along the permanently arranged fixture so that they may be'made to accommodate shades in hanging of various dimensions and types.

As a further object of the invention it is intended to provide a fixture of the class defined which is equally well adapted for attachment to the outside of any window casing already in use'in an old structure, or to be countersunk or laid in to the casing where a new structure is being erected.

Furthermore, it is an equally important object of the invention to provide a practical and simple combination fixture of this class wherein the pole and shade bracket elements are not only readily adjustable within a comparatively wide range, but are also firmly and positively held in their positions of adjustment in an efficient manner.

With the above and other objects in View, and such other relating to the details of construction as may hereinafter appear, my invention will now be fully set forth and described reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the combined curtain and shade fixture in use as a permanent installation.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base plate thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view.

Fig. 5 is a further detail perspective view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a base plate of an elongated nature, from whose end portions rise the transversely extended posts 2. The posts 2, together with a central vertical post 3 providesjsupports for a top or cover plate 1, the upper or free ends of the post 2 being provided with the reduced extensions 5 Which are adapted to be received within transverse slots 6 cut into the top plate, and the post 3 having a threaded socket drilled into its free end within which a screw 7 may be received so that the top plate is securely locked to the base plate.

The top plate A is provided, adjacent its longitudinal edges, with the slots 8 and 9 which stand in registration, respectively, with grooves 10 and 11, which are formed along the corresponding edges of the base plate. Also, the grooves 10 and 11 are interrupted by the series of sockets 12 and 13 which are drilled through the base plate 1, the said openings 12 and 13 constituting, in combination with the slots 8 and 9 respectively, selective seats for a curtain bracket 14: and a shade bracket 15.

The pole bracket 14 is provided with a shank 16 which is slidable in the slot 8, while the foot of the shank is adapted to be selectively engaged with any one of the openings or sockets 12. Also, the shank 16 has extended therethrough a pin 17 which engages the bottom of the V-shaped groove 10 I at the same time that a shouldered portion 19 of the shank is engaged between the edges of the slot 8, whereby the bracket is prevented from rotating. -A coil spfiing18 surrounds the shank 16 and is expanded between the rear face of the top plate A and the pin 17. The spring 18, therefore, constitutes a resilient means for normally throwing the shank into a locked position.

Likewise, the shade bracket 15 is provided with the shank 20 whose foot is adapted to be selectively engaged with the openings or sockets 13, while a transverse pin 21 is adapted to key by engaging in the bottom of the V-shaped groove 11 when the shank foot is projected into one of the openings 13. Also, a squared portion 23 further assists in keying the bracket against rotation by engaging its straight faces between the edges of the slot 9. The spring 22 surrounds the shank 20 and is expanded between the top plate 4 and the pin 21 so that the tendency is to throw the shank into a seated position.

The base plate 1, at its ends, is provided with the screw openings 25 which may be the shank against rotation equal adap tibility upon the utilized to screw th e device against 'the'outer face of a Window casing, where 1t 1s used under such clrcuimstances that the window casing cannot be recessed to receive the base plate. The apertures 24 in the top plate t register with the openings 25 so that the proper access may be had to the base plate for the insertion of a screw and theuseof a screw driver. 7

The device which has been described-constitutes a practical article for the, purpose of inconspicuously mounting curtain and shade brackets upon a window frame in adjustablerelation, so that the best advantage may be taken of the circumstances for arranging draperies and curtains as well as shades around the window openings. Furthermore, while it is particularly adapted for insertion into the window casingso that its top plate will appear flushed with the latter its use is not limited to such new construction, but it may be employed with outer surface of a casing Where it is impracticable to countersink it therein. v There has thus been provided a simple and efiicient device of the, kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the. form, and construction of the invention without departing from, the

material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described but it is wished to include all such as properly come Within the scope claimed.

Having 'thusdeseribed the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A. combined curtain and shade bracket, including a base plate having twoseries of socket openings extending longitudinally thereof, a top plate spaced from the base plate and having longitudinal slots coextensive with the series of socket openings, a curtain-'bracl'zet' slidably keyed in one slot and a shade bracket keyed in the other, and shanks'on the curtain and shade brackets to selectively engage in said socket openings whereby to position the brackets, and,spring elements normally tending to throw the shanks into engagement with the sockets, and shoulders formed on the Shanks to engage saidslots when the,.-shanks are received in the sockets, to lock, the, shanks against rotation.

2. A. combinedcurtain andshade bracket, includinga base, pl'ate a top plate spaced from the base plate, a shade bracket and. a curtain bracket extending throughthe top plate and slid-able. longitudinally thereot, sockets in thebase plate arranged so that as the brackets are moved along -the top plate, said sockets may, be selectively engaged to position the brackets, and resilient means normally throwing the brackets into engagement .withjt'he sockets.

3. A combined curtain and shade bracket, including a base platehaving two series of socket openings extending longitudinally thereof and locking grooves joining vsaid openings, a, tOjp'.pl:3 .CB spaced 'frolnthe-base plate and having longitudinal slots coext'ensive with the series of, openings, ,a curtain bracket slidably keyed in; one. slotv and a shade, bracketkeyed in, the other slot, shanks on the curtainand' shade brackets. to selectively engagein said. socket openings whereby to position thebrackets and key pins-to seat in said grooveswhen the shanks engage said socket fopenings.

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I JOHN" FERKO. 'Witness: I

MARY K. FLAHE IY.

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